Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once, and seek again that which he despised.
HORACEWhat prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
More Horace Quotes
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There is a middle ground in things.
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By the favour of the heavens
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How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
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Half is done when the beginning is done.
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Anger is brief madness
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It is but a poor establishment where there are not many superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to the thieves.
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The short span of life forbids us to spin out hope to any length. Soon will night be upon you, and the fabled Shades, and the shadowy Plutonian home.
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He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
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The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
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Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
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Punishment follows close on crime.
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Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimiunt. (The years, as they come, bring many agreeable things with them; as they go, they take many away.)
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I praise her (Fortune) while she lasts; if she shakes her quick wings, I resign what she has given, and take refuge in my own virtue, and seek honest undowered Poverty.
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Gold will be slave or master.
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Rule your mind or it will rule you.
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